Bible Commentary

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. 37. new wine into old bottles ] Rather, wine-skins. The skins used for holding wine were apt to get seamed and cracked, and old wineskins would tend to set up … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 5:37”

And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was [taken] out of the new agreeth not with the old. 36. a piece of a new garment upon an old ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 5:36”

But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 35. the days will come ] Rather, but there will come days. when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them ] Rather, and when ( A, B, D). Comp. Joh 16:16, “A … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 5:35”

And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? 34. the children of the bridechamber ] The friends of the bridegroom the paranymphs who accompanied him to meet the bride and her maidens; Jdg 14:11. The question would be specially forcible to John’s disciples … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 5:34”

And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise [the disciples] of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink? 33. And they said ] St Luke here omits the remarkable fact that the disciples of John, who still formed a distinct body, joined the Pharisees in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 5:33”

I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 32. I came not to call ] Rather, I have not come. the righteous ] This also was true in two senses. Our Lord came to seek and save the lost. He came not to the elder son but to the prodigal; not to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 5:32”

And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician: but they that are sick 31. They that are whole ] Our Lord’s words had both an obvious and a deeper meaning. As regards the ordinary duties and respectability of life these provincial scribes and Pharisees were really “whole” as compared … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 5:31”

But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 30. their scribes and Pharisees ] Some MSS. read ‘ the Pharisees and their scribes,’ i. e. those who were the authorised teachers of the company present. The scribes ( Sopherm from Sepher ‘a book’) … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 5:30”

And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. 29. made him a great feast ] This shews that Matthew had something to sacrifice when he “left all.” The word rendered ‘feast’ literally means ‘reception.’ a great … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 5:29”

And he left all, rose up, and followed him. 28. he left all ] It is most probable that St Matthew, like the sons of Jona and of Zebedee, had known something of our Lord before this call. If Alphaeus (Mat 10:3; Mar 2:14) be the same as the father of James the Less, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 5:28”